Athletes do two main kinds of practice : scrimmage and drills .

运动员会进行两种练习：训练赛和常规演练。

We used gold-medal-winning performances by some of our sponsored athletes in the commercials the day after the winning performance .

我们充分利用公司赞助的运动员们夺取金牌时的表现，将其用于第二天的商业广告中。

One naysayer pointed out that these athletes were simply reverting to the mean .

一位反对者指出，这些运动员只不过是从巅峰状态回复到了平均水平。

Hundreds of athletes traveled to washington for the event .

数百名运动员来到华盛顿参加这一活动。

Professional athletes know this is true .

职业运动员知道这些都是真的。